Achievements

It gives us great pleasure to announce the outcome of the writ petition advocated by our group founder, Mr. Fahad Siddiqui at the Lahore High Court. Following the petition, Pakistan's Telecommunication Authority, which overseas telephony and internet services throughout the country is now in the process of banning 1,50,000 porn websites in the first instance. We are aslo delighted to add that explicit and vulgar English words as well as Urdu words of similar description are to be banned from usage in mobile sms according to PTA announcement.

** Founder and Group President on TV voicing the Group's concern on porn

ONGOING ACTIVITIES ....

**Earn a Community Service Certificate Scheme aimed at motivating people to work for the cause and create awareness in their cirle of friends, collegues and family. To register as volunteer, click here.

**Construction of sister site: Because We Care ... this is planned as another blog/forum from where we can extend help and support to people who are affected by the curse of porn and vulgarity in their everyday life. We also aim to provide support to porn enthusiasts to help them overcome their habit. Date of activation to be decided soon. Click here for more

**Pamphlets and Handbill creation is currently underway. The first of these, titled "Parents United" is complete. This educates parents of the dangers of unsupervised internet access to young children and teens. Other pamphlets targeting various vulnerable sections of our society are in compilation phase. Plans for distribution are being drawn up. Volunteers for distribution through conducting short talks in schools and colleges are welcome to sign up.

Recent Comments...

Monday, 9 January 2012

1/09/2012 11:57:00 pm
Let's Wage a War Against Pornography in Pakistan
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While technology has forever changed the way we live our lives, it has also brought our children dangerously close to the monsters lurking within the TV and the internet, mobile communication and gaming. Children are vulnerable. It is up to parents to protect children and their innocence. So ask yourself: Am I, as a parent, prepared? Am I aware of the dangers my child is exposed to? Am I guiding my child properly?
It will no longer do to brush subjects like obscenity and indecency and pornography under the carpet. It will no longer do to shout, scold, hit or punish your child if you find them being curious about subjects considered taboo. It’s unreasonable to clamp out TV or Internet or society out of their lives. It’ll only fuel a child’s fascination and curiosity and worse, they will go ahead and experiment behind your back.

Currently, Pakistani children are victims of rigid social frameworks where definite do’s and don’ts are imposed without explanation and where every instinct is taboo on one hand, while unregulated commercialism shamelessly laughs in the face of social norms and traditions on the other.

We indulge children with access to unrestricted TV viewing, unmonitored internet surfing, access to personal mobile phones, web cameras and the like. Unabashed advertising and commercialism entice children into grounds that eventually lead to harm .Over the years, with the onslaught of cheaply available commercial services the potential for abuse has also grown, up to the point where it can now no longer be ignored. The truth is our traditions are becoming more and more fragile. It is time to act now, time to do our part.